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5.5 month old routine

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user1497937712 · 20/06/2017 07:46

Hi all
I'd like to get my daughter into a routine of having a long lunchtime sleep by the time she goes to nursery in September. The only issue is that she's up at 6! So her morning nap is normally 8-9 then lunchtime 11-12.30 afternoon 2.30-3.30 and 5-5.30.
Ideally would like her morning to be 9-10 and lunchtime 12-2 so then only one afternoon nap! Any ideas? She's amazing at night and we don't hear a peep from her from 7pm - 6am. Just would like her to go slightly longer in the morning to push the naps forward!!
I am just weaning at the moment.
Thanks

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Ginger782 · 20/06/2017 07:49

So she is 5.5 months now and she will be almost 8 months when she goes to nursery? I'm sure people with more experience will come along to contribute but her sleep patterns/frequency today will be very different in 3 months?
Is she breastfed and you're weaning her onto formula?

user1497937712 · 20/06/2017 07:55

Yes! 5.5 now and 8 when she goes. Good point - it will be very different then. She was ebf but is now on formula only.
Thanks for your help

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HumpHumpWhale · 20/06/2017 07:55

11 hours overnight is great for that age. V few kids ever sleep 12 hours. So if you want her to sleep later in the morning, put her down later at night. You need to move the whole schedule, so start moving all naps ten minutes or so later at a time and the later bedtime and wake up will follow. I find it takes a week or so to bed in. As it were!
She's also likely to be able to stay awake longer soon and hence will go down to three naps (or even two - my DC2 went from 4 to 2 naps over about a fortnight) but that's just a case of waiting until she's ready - or fighting sleep a lot. By September everything will be so different.

Timetogrowup2016 · 20/06/2017 07:59

Sounds like an amazing night sleeper and napper .
Wouldn't mess with that at all.

user1497937712 · 20/06/2017 08:24

Thanks!!

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user1497937712 · 20/06/2017 08:24

Thanks - good advice!

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